Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-03
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
lrAx.pAYERs-Tha attenti1

'rAx-PAYERS-The attention
Of lax payers Is called to the fact
tha. taxes become delinquent, Feb.
/, 1857, and il will also be well to
beat. in mind shat II all wait until
the iast Of the month, 1t will be inn
possible 20 wait upon and issue re-
ceipts to all xho come Better get
in isaris, avoid the rush, and the
chulce Of paying penalty.
! There is no question at the pre-
sent time 30 important to the farmer
and 80 difficult for him to solve rs
the present mode OF taxation in the
territory. We had hoped shat some
action would be taken in the legis-
latufe this winter TO help out the
farmers of this territory by placing
upon the assessment rolls the rail-
road and other corporate lands, and
maze these wealthy corporations
stand their share of the heavy ex-
penile ofcarrying on our government
Institutions. AT the present time
these lands are exempt from taxation
and practically are dead load for
the ilarmsr to carry.
Cabbage plants should be set
"a their heads, in the spring, in .
bafrsl, so that they may not become
so large that you viii loose your
stock In consequence OF their eating
into them in the fall. We would
advise that you build a beard fence
around your pumpkins, divide your
cattle in parties Of three each ana
let EN- loose In the inclusares.
When squash vines begin TO run you
should sprinkle salt on their tails so
they can be caught easily--it is the
only thing that win save your having
to pay taxes in the next county.
Bagas ought TO run loose il. eorrell
and i,et acquainted with the cattle
before hay comes in the fall--it
makes them good nstured. Moth
ing i, so good for them as absolute
freedom from care. Experience will
teach all our readers how important
it is 10 follow out our agricultural
suggestions implicitly--if there ia
anything on earth we are way up in,
it's agriculture.
Next Monday the board OF com.
missi,,ners meet, on which occasion
the question Of building county
jail will be discussed and decided
upon. We hope, as q matter Of
economy, the commissioners will
decide the matter in the affirmative.
We feel confident that if. as we are
ASSURED, the eash is IN the treasury
that can be used for that purpose,
the most sensible thing to be done
is to build it at once. To pay on,
several hundred dollars year to
other counties for keeping our pris-
oners is throwing that much money
away. As matters now stand there
is no telling when there viii be a
term Of court here--perhaps not for
year or fifteen months. With thin
prospect before us, the prisoner in
the Columbia Jail will cost the coun.
.y not less than $500 before he can
even be brought to trail-To build
the ;ail now would be to stop this
leak. Our experiences in the matter
OF prisoners has been anything but
comforting to Taxpayers of the
: ev-s.sy
When a man says he can not
control his appetite for strong drink
he ought to be locked up until he
comes to his senses. II is possible
there may be men who can not do
this, but it Ia because they have
fooled with the buzz-saw till il has
destroyed the power Of intellectual
consent. No man can quit habit
OF any kind until he can gain the
unqualified consent Of his mind to
ii aud then say II WILL" II man
has been without food for some days
he is willing to take only such nnr-
ishment as his physicians prescribes
because he knows his life depends
on his being able to control his APP
petite-.why may he not exercise
the same good sense with regard to
any habit! Simply because he does
not will, determine to do so. A
man who is able TO exercise this
poSer Of will and yet suffers his APP
petite 10 master and control him,
shouldl,e severely punished for It.
Such men are neither deserving Of
sympathy or consideration.
SOME men move through life as
a band ,d music moves down street,
fiinging out pleasures on the air TO
every one, far and near, that can
listen. Some men fill the air with
their presence and sweetness, as or
chards ia October ill the air with
perfume of ripe fruit. Some women
cling to their own houses, like the
honeysuckie over the door, yet, like
it, sweetens all the house with the
subtle fragrance of their goodness.
There are trees OF righteousness,
which are ever dropping precious
fruit around them. There are lives
that shine like star.beams, or charm
the heart like songs sung upon a
holy day. How great bounty and
blessing it il to hold the royal gifts
of the soul, 90 that they shall be
music Il, some and fragrance to
others and life to ALL It would be
no unworthy thing TO live, to make
the power which we have within us
breathe oil other mems Joy; to scatter
sunshine where only clouds and
shadows reign; TO ell the atmosphere
where earths weary toilers must
stand, with a brightness which they
cannot cisate for themselves, and
which they long for, enjoy and APP
preciate.